On Tuesday, 4 November 2025, Dryad Global CEO Corey Ranslem will facilitate the Port Leadership panel at the Global and National Security Institute (GNSI) Port & Maritime Security: Risks and Resilience conference, hosted at Terminal 6, Port Tampa Bay.
Corey will lead a discussion with senior leaders from across Florida’s port community, focused on the leadership challenges and opportunities facing U.S. ports right now.
Panel time: 10:50 a.m. (local)
Panelists:
Steven Burdian, Director of Safety & Security, JAXPORT
Carlos Buqueras, Executive Director, Seaport Manatee
Sam Sullivan, Port Director, Port Putnam
Chad Harrod, Chairman, Port Tampa Bay
Florida’s 16 deep-water ports move 100M+ tons of cargo and contribute $117B annually to the state economy. With that scale comes complex risk—from cyber-physical threats and regulatory pressure to extreme weather, workforce and capacity planning. The panel will surface the top issues each port is grappling with, along with the leadership behaviours and partnerships that turn plans into action.
Operational resilience: hurricanes, infrastructure hardening, business continuity
Cyber–physical convergence: OT security on the bridge and at the berth; attack surface reduction
Situational awareness: fusing threat intelligence, AIS/GNSS anomalies, and port-level alerts
Regulation & assurance: MTSA/TWIC, incident response, reporting and insurance requirements
Growth & efficiency: cruise/cargo throughput, digitalisation, workforce and training pipelines
Public–private coordination: exercises, information sharing and joint decision-making
Dryad’s Secure Voyager Hub provides a single operational picture for port and terminal operators, blending maritime threat intelligence with cyber indicators, configurable alerts and workflows—so security, operations and compliance teams can see the same risk picture and act faster. If you’d like to meet on the day, both Corey Ranslem and Erik Speyer (CTO) will be at the conference.
Register for the conference: https://whova.com/portal/registration/Bo7Kxri5@msp7EqEyYUg/
Learn more about Secure Voyager Hub: https://www.dryadglobal.com/risk-intelligence-system
Event hosted by the Global and National Security Institute (GNSI) in partnership with Port Tampa Bay.